Category: N

A registered nurse (RN) who carries out clinical teaching, with patients, for nursing students.  

An unlicensed person who provides nursing care. Licensed nurses (registered nurses (RN) and licensed practical nurses (LPN)) express concern that the use of such individuals in place of licensed nurses will reduce the quality of care. Their suggested remedy is to require a certain ratio of licensed to unlicensed personnel in clinical nursing roles, the…

A string of numerals, with no alphabetic characters. The term is employed to describe codes, which are typically either numeric or alphanumeric.  

An allied health professional for whom the American Medical Association’s Committee on Allied Health Education and Accreditation (CAHEA) has accredited education programs. A health care professional who prepares radioactive compounds for use in diagnostic imaging procedures; gives those compounds to patients (usually by injection); scans patients to determine how radiation is emitted from the body…

A term used in Medicare, apparently to mean a part of the hospital considered by Medicare to qualify for a different pay rate than another part. For transfer in or transfer out purposes. Medicare considers a nonexempt distinct part equivalent to another hospital. Not owned or operated by the federal government.  

Reproduction by any one of a number of techniques other than sexual intercourse (coitus).  

A group of drugs which relieve pain, reduce inflammation, and reduce fever. The group excludes aspirin, although NSAIDS are similar to aspirin. Included are such products as Tylenol, Advil, ibuprofen, and Aleve. The group also excludes steroids, a specific class of organic compounds, which includes certain vitamins, hormones, and others, including those performance-enhancing substances such…

One of several measures used to advise on the hazards of environmental exposure to toxic substances in the soil. The NEDEL is calculated by making studies of appropriate populations of humans exposed to the toxic agent in the soil, and determining whether the persons show significantly elevated levels of the toxic agent, symptoms of toxicity,…

A measure, derived from animal studies, of the level of contamination in a soil below which there is no hazard to the animals. In some instances the NARL has been extrapolated as applicable to humans..  

A person who is highly knowledgeable about and active on the Internet (“The Net”).